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Ratted — Rat Rat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ratted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ratting}.] 1. In English politics, to desert one s party from interested motives; to forsake one s associates for one s own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

ratted — adj British drunk. A more polite version of rat faced or rat arsed. All three terms were in vogue in the second half of the 1980s. When we were looking for the personifi cation of the Kentucky face, we got so ratted, so drunk ... for an entire… … Contemporary slang

Rat — Rat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ratted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ratting}.] 1. In English politics, to desert one s party from interested motives; to forsake one s associates for one s own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Ratting — Rat Rat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ratted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ratting}.] 1. In English politics, to desert one s party from interested motives; to forsake one s associates for one s own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

rat — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ræt; akin to Old High German ratta rat and perhaps to Latin rodere to gnaw more at rodent Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of numerous rodents (Rattus and related genera) differing from the… … New Collegiate Dictionary